WWII
General Chuck Yeager – American Hero
General Yeager is one of the greatest aviators that ever lived. His commitment to service, duty, love of his country, his flag are evident in all that he did during active duty and beyond. He was and continues to be a great inspiration and role model. General Yeager often said he was born so far…
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Yeager’s Last World War II Mission – Missing the Biggest Battle of the Year
Jan 15, 1945 Yeager’s buddy was the scheduler and had scheduled Yeager and himself as spares that day – Yeager’s 61st and last WWII mission. No one aborted so Yeager led his buddy on a tour of southern France where he had been shot down, Lake Annecy, Geneva and then to Switzerland. They each dropped their…
Read MoreGlennis Dickhouse Sees Chuck Yeager for the 1st Time
Today is Sauntering Day. When Chuck Yeager met Glennis Dickhouse, his first wife, he was a United States Army Air Corps pilot, with the lowly rank of flight officer. The two flight officers, Chuck and Mac McKee, his best friend, were tasked with going to the USO and arranging a dance for the men. Glennis…
Read MoreGeneral Eisenhower meets Flight Officer Yeager
In General Yeager’s words: “The brass kept trying to send me home after I got back to England after being shot down and evaded. I got pretty brassy and worked my way all the way up to General Eisenhower. There we were; Glover, a college boy, and me, a high school graduate standing in front…
Read MoreGeneral Yeager Interned in Spain 1944 (from an interview)
General Yeager: After being shot down on my 9th mission during World War II, evading Germans, helping the French underground. who protected me, blow up bridges, carrying a wounded man over the Pyrenees, I spent Easter in 1944 interned in Spain. Interviewer: Taking a wounded man across the Pyrenees rather complicated matters a bit, though. General…
Read MoreEscaping the Gestapo – Climbing the Pyrenees Part 1
Chuck Yeager: Having been shot down March 5, 1944 and hidden for several weeks, we pick up the story at the foothills of the Pyrenees. We leave the house when night falls. After a few hours we arrive at what is basically a hut to spend the day resting and sleeping for the next day…
Read MoreMarch 1944 Escaping Germans – a farmhouse in Spain
General Chuck Yeager: Having been shot down March 5, 1944 and hidden with the French underground, I was now carrying a fellow airman over the Pyrenees, the story picks up in Spain, not out of the woods yet. After catnapping, I dragged and carried the airman for what seemed like hours. We were starving. We…
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